Joe Astrachan
Company: Kennesaw State University
Country: United States
Title:Professor
| | Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, executive director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Joe holds the Wachovia Eminent Scholar Chair of Family Business and is Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship as well as editor of Family Business Review. Joe serves on the boards of five privately-owned family businesses. |
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Jesús Casado Navarro-Rubio
Company: Instituto de la Empresa Familiar
Country: Spain
Generation:1st
| | Business Relations Director at Instituto de la Empresa Familiar (2001-). Responsible for the coordination of the 17 regional associations of IEF. Next Generation.
Member of the Executive Committee of Family Business Network (FBN) formed by the General Director and three persons. In charge of the strategy, action plans and main proposals to be approved by the Board. (2004-)
Secretary General of GEEF (European Group of Owner Managed and Family Enterprises). Headquarters in Brussels.(2006-)
Member of the Executive Committee of Nexia (Foundation for the Development of Business Families). (2006-)
Legal Advisor at Terra Networks S.A. (1998/2000)
Education
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (Madrid). Degree in Law and Diploma in Economics (1989/1994)
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany). ERASMUS. 5th course of Law studies. Special course on European law. (1993/4)
Spanish Diplomatic School. 1995/1998.
Institut de Sciences Politiques de Paris. Course on International Relations and International Politics. 1997
EMBA ESADE Business School. 2006. |
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Olivier de Richoufftz
Company: FBN International
Country: France
Title:Executive Director
| | Olivier de Richoufftz has a 20-year experience in the service and tourism industry, Olivier’s practice includes developing and guiding strategies and creating value for partners and stakeholders on international, national, regional and local levels.
Olivier joined the Family business network as executive director in 2004 and is responsible for overseeing the organization’s strategy to increase Family business knowledge and develop the network internationally.
Olivier’s experience also includes the management of the Alsace regional tourist organisation, the Nice Convention & Visitors bureau, the opening of Euro Disney Resort as marketing and sales director and six years (3 in the US) in the 5th generation family run business, France Tourisme/ Paris Vision, where he began his professional career.
Olivier holds an Executive MBA from the Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Paris.
In addition to his career achievements, de Richoufftz has been involved in international environmental work in the public and private sectors participating in humanitarian missions to Lebanon, Armenia and Crimea. Additionally he has created an NGO “Tourism for development”. |
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Lena Jungell
Company: Oy Karl Fazer Ab
Country: Finland
Generation:4th
| | The origins of Fazer Group lie in a family company founded in 1891 when Karl Fazer opened his first café in Helsinki. Today the Group offers meals, bakery products and confectionery, and it operates in a total of eight countries. The mission of Fazer Group is to create taste sensations. Its operations are based on passion for customer, quality excellence and team spirit.
Lena Jungell is a 4th generation member of the Fazer Family. She is a member of the Owners Council and works with developing the Family Governance system. She is a board member of Fazer Amica, which is part of the Fazer Group. Within the Finnish FBN Chapter; the Family Firms Association, she chairs a working group for education and couching. Lena has a master’s degree in economics from Hanken School of Economics and works at Mirror Learning company with facilitation and development of Family Governance and Family Dynamics in family businesses. |
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Thilo Wersborg
Company: Precitec Group
Country: Germany
Title:Managing Director
Generation:2nd
| | Before joining the management board of Precitec, Thilo has worked for an internet start-up company in Silicon Valley and for an international consulting firm in Frankfurt, Germany. He holds a Master of Science from Stanford University and a Doctor in Human Biology from the University of Munich.
Precitec has gained an international reputation for being an expert in providing complex system solutions for laser material processing and for optical measuring technology.
Thilo represents the Next Generation. |
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